Match box



v INVENTOR C. Miti??? C. B. MARTIN MATCH BOX Filed May 18, 1926 WITN'ssEs Oct. 18, 1927.

ATTORNEYS lCHARLES B. MARTIN, or CANTON, oHIo.

PATENT oFFicE.

MATCH BOX.

lApplication med nay is,

This invention relates to an improvement in match boxes and aims to provide a match box which contains a supply of ordinary,

unused or live matches and is also adapted to receive burnt or used matches, thereby relieving persons striking, the matches of the necessity of throwing the burnt match on the floor or street if no convenient receptacle therefor is available.

l A further object ist'o provide a device of this character which is of simple and durable construction, reliable and effective in operation and easy and comparatively inexpensive toy manufacture.

Other object-s and advantages reside in certain novel Afeatures of the construction,

arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims, `reference being had to the accompanying drawings'forming apart of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the invention,

'Figure 2 is a view thereof in longitudinal section,

Figure 3 is a detail view of the blank from which the compartment-forming partition and its attaching means are formed,

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing another form of the invention, and

Figure 5 `is a View partly in plan and partly in horizontal section further illustrating the form of the invention show in Figure 4.

Referring t0 the drawings and more particularly to Figures 1 to 3, inclusive, the numeral 1 designates the tubular casing of a match box in which a tray 2 is slidably fitted in accordance with the usual practice. The present invention proposes the provision of a strip of material, designated generally at S, and which has some degree of resiliency. lThis material is bent to provide an attaching portion 3 fastened to one of the end walls of the sliding tray. Beyond the attaching portion 3 a strip of material extends over the top edge of the tray and down into the tray to la point adjacent to but vslightly spaced from the bottom thereof, the downwardly extending portion of the strip being designated at 4 and serving as a carrier or connecting' means for a partition-forming portion 5 whichextends along though slightly above the bottom 'of the tray, as illustrated in Figure 2. The

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strip 4 .has sufficient resiliency to prevent vits n formation into the shape shown andyety maintains this shape and tends to maintain its relation tothe tray. The attaching portion 3 and the end wall ofthe tray to which itis connected are provided with registering openings 6 guarded by resilient wings 7 of triangular form,"the opening and the wings being .conveniently formed' by slitting-the attaching portion 3 of the strip andthe underlying portion of the end wall after the i manner of a cross, as shown in the drawing.

In this arrangement: there is provided a. compartment 7 forthe ordinary live matches and a compartment 8 forthe burnt or'used matches, 'the' burnt or used matches being inserted through therv openings 6and being held ,against displacement by they wings -7. The wings 7 also insuretlie rextinguishing of the match. This varrangement ofv` strip S presents its body portion to the burnt match being entered tlirough-opening 6 thus avoiding engagement of the edges 'of the strip vby the entering match and-facilitating the insertion of the match. i

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 4 and 5 the tubular casing l and the tray 2 are employed as in the other embodiment of the invention but the compartments vfor the live matches and the used matches are defined in a diferent manner. As shown in Figs. 4 and 5 a st-rip S of material having some resiliency is employed and has an l attaching portion 10 suitably fixed as by means of adhesive, riveting or the like, to the inner faces of one of the side walls of the tray adjacent one end thereof. Beyond the `attaching portion 10 the strip SY is curved across the tray as shown at 11 and is then extended longitudinally of the tray, as at' 12, the portion 12 constituting a partition or a partition-forming member which separates the interior of the tray into a compartment 13 for the livel matches and a compartment 14`for lthe used matches.

by wings 16, the opening 15 being aligned- The end of the l tray is provided with an opening 15 guarded with the compartment 14.` The opening 15 and wing 16 correspond in construction Vto the opening 6 and wing 7 It is to be understood that if desired more than one openingk and set of wings may be provided in either or both embodiments of the invention.

In this form also the body portion of the strip S is presented to the point of the entering match Vso that said match will push i the stripfoiit ofthe Way Withoiitiianger of engaging the edge 0f the strip and `thus facilitate the entra-nce of the match into the compartment intended foriit-f f v I claim l. A matchbox comprising a tubnlarfca'sing, a tray slidable in saidcasingastrip` having one end forming an attaching pori tion and permanently and positively. `secured torrone Wallofstlie .tray and also having a partition .forming portion extendingl longi- V tudinally of .the .tray and spaced from one Wallthereofto `providea longitudinally ex,

tendingpburntmatch comp artment, the other end `ot the strip being VfreeV whereby `said partition fforming :portion is `treely movable to varyfthesize of the compartment? formed thereby, saidistrip extending `from lone end Wallto a` point near,` the opposite. end Wall of longitudinally ofthe tray above thebottom thereof ,and from one ,side Wall to the other,

the 'other end of the strip being free Wherebyfaaid 'partition formingfportion xis lfneely movable to varythe size of the `ccunpartment -orined thereby in connection with the bot` *tomlzofi'the tray,.therportion of the strip at the attached end thereof being spaced from Ithewalls ol' the tray a sucient distance to providev for the ready insertion of burnt matches 'Withotit'cngagement with the edges oftheparttion. y Y

3., A matcl box comprising a tabular casing;` .aftray slidable in the-casing and hav-` ingfabottoin Wall, side walls, end Walls and cured toene -wall 'off the tray and having a partition A,forming Vbody y,portion extending longitudinally of thetray to-dne in con-y nection with lone VWall .of the tray aiused match ,compartment-the end Wall ofthe tra to ithichthe att-achingportion of the stripes secured fhaving Aan opening f to*l permity insertion ofused matches into thecolnpartment an openftop; anda strip having an attach-Ll i mg portion permanently and .positively sethereby provided, said strip having'itshody n nortiompresented totheburntmatch open ing ,toy/facilitate the insertion of "burnt matches -Witholt- `their engaging vthe edges the @partition Wall.

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